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Afro - Persian Kamancheh Fusion - MP3s of Experimental Kamancheh by Larri. Explorations in Afro-Persian Kamancheh music.
Avazeh - Homepage of Anis Moin, an Iranian singer living in Sweden. Features news, biography, discography and some music samples.
Classical Persian Music - A good article on the history of classical Persian music with a brief description of musical instruments.
Classical Persian Music - A brief about classical Persian music with historical approach
Elahi (1895-1974) - Official Website of the late Elahi (composer and Kurdish tanbour player) that includes information of his life, works and so on.
Fariborz Lachini - Fariborz Lachini - Composing unique scores for film, television, theatre and interactive multimedia with a Middle Eastern feel. News weblog, music room, biography, filmography and discography sections.
Googoosh Page - Fan page for the singer, with information and links to real audio files, music videos and photos.
Googoosh.com - Official site for the pop singer, with concert calendar, news, image gallery, biography and messages for her fans.
Hayedeh - The singer's official website including biography, pictures, downloads of music files and a list of her recordings.
Hayedeh - Wikipedia article about the singer, her career and biography.
Hossein Behroozinia - Canada-based barbat player. Includes profile, tour schedule, discography with audio samples, an introduction to the barbat, and links.
Hossein Omoumi - A ney player that includes his biography, press, concerts, discography and photos.
An Introduction to Persian Music - A good article about Persian music and its history by Prof. Hormoz Farhat
Iranian Classical Music - Brief history of Iranian classical music and reviews of some albums.
Iranian Musicology - Email forum for the exchange of information, ideas, and research on and about Oriental musical cultures, especially the music of Iran.
Iranian Traditional Music - Includes descriptions, sounds and photos of classical instruments of Iran and also the history of Radif, the foundation of Iranian traditional music. Site provides a complete list of dastgahs, maghams and goushehs and some sheet music for some of the dastgahs.
Iranian/Persian Music - Large Audio Files of Persian Music (Format: AU/WAV)
IranMidi.com - Midi files of Persian songs.
Kereshmeh Records - Kereshmeh Records is a non-profit organization. It has information of Persian music, artists, musical instruments and a music mailing list.
Lian Records - Liän Records presents a new approach to music inspired by mystical world music and Persian Sufi music and literature. It has a good section about Persian music with some good articles.
Majid Nazempour - Official website of Majid Nazempour, Iranian oud player. Biography, history of oud and pictures of oud.
Maryam Yusefzadeh - U.S.-based website for Persian music by Maryam Yusefzadeh. Music production, news and calendar.
Moein - Fan site for the pop singer, containing his biography and discography.
Mohammad Esfahani - Official site of the Iranian singer, with biography, discography and upcoming concerts. [English / Farsi]
Musica Persiana - History of Persian music. Several Real Audio samples of ethnic music styles.
Nassehpoor Ensemble - Four member art music group. Includes member profiles, music samples, and related articles.
Parissa - Iran-based Classical Persian vocalist. Biography and photo album.
Persian Art and Culture - Information about Persian art music, the instruments, musicians and radif.
Persian Classical Music - History, similarities and differences with other Central Asian styles, relationship with Sufi poetry, the dastgah system, composition structure, instruments, and links.
Persian Music at Mahour Productions - Persian traditional and folk music on CDs, books and tapes.
Persian Musicians - Interview with Pejman Akbarzadeh, Iranian journalist and a member of Artists Without Frontiers.
Probe Music - Quintet that plays a fusion of Persian, American jazz, Indian, Spanish, Gypsy and Gamelon. Site features music samples, reviews and ordering information.
Radif - Explains this core group of traditional melodies and the way they are used in musical performance. Lists all dastgahs, maghaams and gushehs.
Ritual and Religious Music in Iran - Mohammad Reza Darvish discusses the music of Muslims, Christians, Jews and Zoroastrians in Iran.
Santur.com - Website of Dr. Manoochehr Sadeghi includes information about santur (Persian hammered dulcimer), radif music and articles about Persian art music.
The Shayda Institute - Shayda Institute website is of maestro Mohammad Reza Lotfi and has some useful articles about Persian music.
Tanbour - Tanbour.org is a New York base institute focused on performing and teaching Persian Sufi, spiritual and folk music.
Tombak Network - Dedicated to promoting the Persian goblet drum. Includes artists, articles, book and audio reviews, courses and players.
A View on Folkloric Music of Mazandaran - Essay about the ritual songs and music of Mazandaran. Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.